Quality Assurance Methods and the Open Source Model

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Quality Assurance Methods and the Open Source Model. / Knöll, Heinz-Dieter; Otte, Tobias ; Moreton, Robert.
Wirtschaftsinformatik - Ein weites Feld: Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Horst Meyer-Wachsmuth. ed. / Hinrich E.G. Bonin. Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 2008. p. 95-106 (Forum Informatics at Leuphana - FInAL; Vol. 18, No. 1).

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Knöll, H-D, Otte, T & Moreton, R 2008, Quality Assurance Methods and the Open Source Model. in HEG Bonin (ed.), Wirtschaftsinformatik - Ein weites Feld: Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Horst Meyer-Wachsmuth. Forum Informatics at Leuphana - FInAL, no. 1, vol. 18, Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, pp. 95-106.

APA

Knöll, H.-D., Otte, T., & Moreton, R. (2008). Quality Assurance Methods and the Open Source Model. In H. E. G. Bonin (Ed.), Wirtschaftsinformatik - Ein weites Feld: Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Horst Meyer-Wachsmuth (pp. 95-106). (Forum Informatics at Leuphana - FInAL; Vol. 18, No. 1). Universität Lüneburg.

Vancouver

Knöll HD, Otte T, Moreton R. Quality Assurance Methods and the Open Source Model. In Bonin HEG, editor, Wirtschaftsinformatik - Ein weites Feld: Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Horst Meyer-Wachsmuth. Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg. 2008. p. 95-106. (Forum Informatics at Leuphana - FInAL; 1).

Bibtex

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